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Ok, got myself a brand new Brera recently. Absolutely smittened by it!
Still learning about her daily. Just wanted to seek opinions on some erratic behaviour so far.

- There's an intermittent almost knockish sound sometimes while shifting gears... While the clutch is engaged. Is this normal?
- I'm kind of running her in at the moment, whats the recommended rev limit? Havent gone past 4k.
- Driver side wing mirror one day opened up from its closed position and went further past the default position. Closing and reopening didnt work! Ended up having to physically yank it back to its correct position. Is there a fault with it?

Other than that, seems to be pretty well put together. No creaks, rocking seats nor groans yet... Touch wood. Feels better built than my 159.

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Many thanks squadrone! The driver side mirror seems to have fixed itself but still appears slightly off. Might need to get this examined during my first service. I didnt know the 1750Tbi had a dual mass clutch? Wasnt it only in the 2.4 Jtds? Anyway, doesnt really bother me... Still enjoying the honeymoon period with her. All smiles!

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Many thanks squadrone! The driver side mirror seems to have fixed itself but still appears slightly off. Might need to get this examined during my first service. I didnt know the 1750Tbi had a dual mass clutch? Wasnt it only in the 2.4 Jtds? Anyway, doesnt really bother me... Still enjoying the honeymoon period with her. All smiles!

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Took her out for a sub 100km run today. Very impressed with the TBi engine. Had a nice creamy smooth pull even in higher gears. Handled beautifully through the twisties too! I'm soo loving this car at the moment! Dare I say my best Alfa yet!!!

During the first 5000 km i avoided revving harder than 4K, after that, and a nice day at Monza circuit, i started pushing it a little bit harder... i'm at 15K km now, and generally speaking the car is quite happy to rev, even on the track.

- Driver side wing mirror one day opened up from its closed position and went further past the default position. Closing and reopening didnt work! Ended up having to physically yank it back to its correct position. Is there a fault with it?

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Yeah, I'm aware of the set to zero setting. I burnt through my first set of tyres on the 159 and even though that was 17", I've learnt my lesson.
Ricky, it's almost like a quiet thump occasionally, as though I didn't get the revs high up enough to have a smooth shift. Again, happens intermittently only. Hmmm

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Its a pity they didnt hold on to brera production long enough to have a TCT all alloy 1750 with 300 bhp that is being touted for the 4C, it would certainly ave filed a gap, even if it were detuned to make it less competitive to the 4C

hmmm.... no, i cannot feel any thump clutch-operation related. it's normal to feel the "thump", but i would not call it a real "thump" when changin gear, related to the feedback of the gear lever, but it's the normal feeling you always get, and it's not intermittent, but consistent every time.

Its a pity they didnt hold on to brera production long enough to have a TCT all alloy 1750 with 300 bhp that is being touted for the 4C, it would certainly ave filed a gap, even if it were detuned to make it less competitive to the 4C

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